cres of exposed upland, with apple trees
enough to plant it, as a gift, if I must plant and tend it, for the
produce of it for ten or more years. I do not know of a single such
orchard that is worth having. I would advise selecting low ground,
sloping north and east, with an elevation or good timber protection on
south and west; land inclining to bottom or good "draw." My belief is
that, with a good selection of varieties, and the proper kind of land
and location, apple-raising could be made quite profitable here. Keeping
the apples in cellars is a mistake; a good cave kept as cold as possible
without freezing is far better. I think apples should be placed on the
north side of some shed or building before being put in the cave, and
kept cool, and put into cave before freezing. Last fall I sold my choice
apples at the orchard at from forty to fifty cents per bushel. I kept
some in barrels in the cave. They were in good demand later. About the
holidays I got $1.25, and since then $1.35. I had a contract with a
grocer to sell them for fifteen per cent., and they netted me as above.
I have some in very fine condition in my cave yet [April 27]. I still
open the cave on cold nights.

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THOMAS E. TAYLOR, Pearl, Dickinson county: I have lived in the state
seventeen years. Have an apple orchard of seventy trees, fifty of which
are twelve years old, and the other twenty are eighteen years old. I
prefer Maiden's Blush, Missouri Pippin, and Winesap. Have tried and
discarded Lowell, Jonathan, Grimes's Golden Pippin, and Willow Twig, on
account of blight. I prefer bottom land having a sandy soil and a clay
subsoil, with a north slope. I prefer two-year-old healthy trees, set in
ground which has been plowed very deep. I water the tree well when I
plant it. I have cultivated as long as it was possible to get between
the trees. I generally use a common plow and disc harrow during the
summer, where I have no crop in. I grow corn, Kafir-corn and potatoes in
a young orchard. Cease cropping my orchard when twelve years old. I mow
the weeds with a machine. I think windbreaks a benefit; would make them
of box-elder, ash, or red cedar. I use a pruning-knife on my trees every
year, leaving the branches quite thick on the south side. I think it
pays. Never have thinned the fruit on the trees. I fertilize my orchard
every two or three years with stable litter. I think it beneficial. I do
not pasture my orc